Jason: Rachel
murdered Janice. I tell you, Blake, I will get Rachel if it's the last thing I
do!

Sharlene: Back
off, both of you! Back off!

Jason: No, hold
it! You will get yours, your son and Rachel!

Mitch: Don't
threaten me!

Jason: I will
take care of all of you! Nah! Just get out of the way, Sharlie!

Sharlene: No,
you don't!

Jason: Sharlie,
get out of the way!

Sharlene: There
is no fighting in this house!

Jason: Did you
hear what he is responsible for?

Sharlene: I
heard what he said, and I'm not sure if I believe it! Now, please, for me,
Jason, outside.

Jason: Sharlie
--

Sharlene:
Please!

Jason: All
right!

Mitch: I didn't
come over here looking for something like that to happen.

Sharlene: Well,
I know that, but I think it's best you leave now. Please, go out the front door.

Mitch: Look,
I'm telling you, he needs to be straightened out.

Sharlene: Yeah,
look, now is not the time. He and Janice were very close.

Mitch: Well,
I'm sorry about that, but he's got it wrong.

Sharlene:
Maybe, Mitch. But if I were you, I wouldn't come around here again. Jason can be
very dangerous when he's got a grudge, and I'll tell you, he's got it in for
you.

Mitch: Ok, ok.
Well, if anything happens, I'm not responsible.

Sharlene: Then
just stay out of his way, please.

Mitch: Will you
just tell him what I said?

Sharlene: I
will.

Sharlene:
Jason?

Sharlene: He's
gone. Are you telling the truth about what happened to Janice? He says you've
got it all wrong.

Jason: It took
me five years to put the pieces together.

Sharlene: You
could be wrong, Jason.

Jason: Sharlie,
I knew most of it. I had it figured out. I just didn't know who the guy was.

Sharlene: Well,
what are you going on, what Emma told you?

Jason: Emma
didn't know the facts.

Sharlene: But
you do?

Jason: Look, I
made it a point to find out. I'm just uncovering what the Cory money has hidden
all these years.

Sharlene: Look,
even the Cory's couldn't hush something like that up.

Jason: It
happened in the Caribbean. They didn't let it get around. They're very good at
that.

Sharlene: Then
why weren't we told? We're her family.

Jason: That
wasn't her name then. It wasn't Frame. It was Cory. She was married to Mac, you
remember?

Sharlene: Emma
never told me much about Janice.

Jason: That's
because you didn't give a hoot about Janice.

Sharlene:
Janice wasn't that easy to get along with.

Jason: We
didn't have any trouble.

Sharlene:
Because you were two of a kind, that's why.

Jason: That is
why I won't let him get away with it, either.

Sharlene: What
exactly did Emma tell you?

Jason: Only
that Janice was mysteriously killed in the Virgin Islands.

Sharlene: And
that's all?

Jason: Look,
every leave I had, I came back here and I tried to dig out what had happened to
get some answers to it.

Sharlene: And
so what did you find out, Jason?

Jason: Rachel
got off with self-defense.

Sharlene: Well,
maybe it was self-defense.

Jason: The way
they have hidden this thing all these years, no, it was murder. It was murder,
pure and simple.

Sharlene: Well,
Jason, do you actually think that Rachel would do that?

Jason: She
wanted Mac’s money, she wanted Mitch. Now, the only thing standing in her way
was Janice.

Sharlene: And
how do you know that? How?

Jason: I didn't
until he let it out. He was the guy.

Sharlene: Well,
I'll tell you, you don't have much to go on, you know?

Jason: Well,
I'll find out a little more today.

Sharlene: What
do you mean?

Jason: Mac, Mac
Cory. I mean, he was Janice’s husband at the time, right?

Sharlene: Yeah.
Jason? Jason –

Rachel: That
was -- that was very many years ago. And we all suffered. And we were hoping
that the suffering was over with.

Felicia: Well,
I'm sure Matthew had to find out sometime.

Rachel: Yeah. I
just hope that we could get him to understand that this doesn't change how much
we love him.

Felicia: You
will, Rachel. You will. I just wish you could do it before the wedding. It would
mean so much to Mitch to have him there.

Mac: Is the
reception going to be held at the racetrack, too?

Felicia:
Actually, it was supposed to be, but the owner of the racetrack has preempted us
for a little party of his own, if you can believe that.

Mac: Well, that
makes it perfect. We'll have the reception here.

Rachel: What?

Mac: It'll help
us with Matthew. If Matthew won't come to the wedding, we'll bring the reception
here to Matthew.

Felicia: No,
no. Mac, really, no. I can't ask the two of you to go to that kind of work. No.

Mac: Felicia,
your publisher's home is a perfectly proper place to have your wedding
reception. Now, don't you worry about it.

Felicia: No,
Mac, really, I --

Mac: No, we
insist. Don't we, darling?

Rachel: It's
all right. Absolutely.

Mac: Hey, I
understand it's not going to be a very large wedding?

Rachel: No.
But, Mac, come on, any wedding is a lot of work.

Mac: Oh, Hilda
and Helen can manage things with Vivien’s help.

Rachel: They're
caterers.

Felicia: You're
forgetting something. This is supposed to be a double wedding, remember?

Mac: Well, Cass
and Nicole wouldn't object to having the reception here, would they? I mean,
Cass is a very good friend and he's one of my attorneys.

Rachel: There
will be a problem with that.

Mac: What's
that?

Rachel: Nicole
is Vicky’s aunt. We can't very well ask Vicky not to be here.

Mac: Oh, that
would give Lisa a problem.

Rachel: Yeah,
Lisa’s Felicia’s maid of honor.

Felicia: I
don't think that Vicky would come to a reception here, you know, given the
circumstances. Mac?

Mac: Yeah.

Felicia: You
know, if Wally were here, I would certainly of course ask him to do this. I
mean, that's sort of what he and I always had planned. You've been such a dear,
dear friend of mine for so many years that I would be so honored if you would
give me away.

Mac: Oh,
Felicia. I -- I don't know what to say.

Felicia:
Please. I would love it if you would just say yes.

Mac: I'm very
touched by this, Felicia.

Felicia: Oh,
Mac --

Mac: I
absolutely love it!

Felicia: Thank
you, both of you. You're good friends, and you're very generous.

Mac: It's going
to be a wonderful day, isn't it?

Mary: Well, I
don't want to get your hopes up.

Donna: It's
good news, isn't it?

Mary: He
certainly seems to be happy to be home.

Donna: Oh,
well, no happier than we are to have him home. Mary, this is going to be his
home, isn't it?

Mary: For the
time being, yes.

Donna: Well,
what do you mean, "The time being"?

Mary: Well, the
board voted on the adoption and they've given you tentative approval.

[Donna gasps]

Michael:
Really?

Donna: Oh,
you're kidding! Oh, that's wonderful! Did you hear that?

Mary: The
operative word here is "tentative." There could be problems down the line.

Michael: They
resent us going to Washington, right?

Mary: Well, you
went over their heads.

Donna: Mary, we
had no choice.

Mary: They
don't quite see it that way.

Michael: So
they're going to hold it against us?

Mary: Not
entirely, no. In fact, Donna’s television plea was so moving that a couple of
the board wanted to vote right away to give you custody.

Donna: Wow.

Michael: Well,
what's stopping them?

Mary: They have
to keep looking for his relatives. There are very specific rules in this state
about how long a search has to go on.

Mary: No, not
-- not really. They -- they are going to give you custody for a few months, but
they're going to be watching you very carefully.

Donna: Well,
you know, I really don't know whether to be excited or angry about this.

[Mary laughs]

Mary: I can
understand, but I feel very hopeful. It's just the next few months are going to
be critical. Well, I should go home and leave you guys alone.

Donna: Oh.
Listen, Mary, thanks so much for coming by.

Mary: Oh,
you're welcome.

Donna: And
also, Michael and I want you to know how grateful we are to all the McKinnon’s.

Michael:
Absolutely. We wouldn't even have Mikey back if it wasn't for Jake.

Mary: Yeah,
Jake really came through, didn't he?

Donna: Yes, and
I have a lot to make up to him for.

Mary: I bet
he'd settle for just starting fresh.

Donna: Mary, I
hope you understand. I love my daughters very much and I just want what's best
for them, and sometimes we don't see eye to eye.

Mary: I think
Jake and Marley really love each other.

Donna: Well,
then, I guess that's all that's important, isn't it?

Mary: Mm-hmm.

Michael: Say, I
wonder if I got time to walk Mikey through the park before it gets dark.

Donna: Oh,
well, you know, you won't have to walk Mikey through the park much longer, not
once we get our house.

Michael: House?

Donna: Yeah,
Michael and I are selling the suite.

Michael: This
is news to Michael.

Donna: Yeah,
well, I'm sorry. I just decided and I hope you don't mind, but, I mean, think
about it. Wouldn't it be wonderful for Mikey to have a backyard to play in? And
maybe we could create a little basketball area for him and flowers and trees and
--

Michael: Well,
yeah, but you got this all worked out, don't you?

Donna: I know,
I know. Wouldn't it be wonderful? I mean, we could have dogs and cats and even
horses and --

Mary: Oh, the
board would certainly approve of that kind of a change in your lives.

Michael:
Really?

Mary: Mm-hmm.

Donna: Hmm?

Michael: Then
it's done.

Donna: Oh!

Michael: We
have a house, ok? All right, look. No, I think we should celebrate.

Mary: No, I
have to go home.

Michael: Nah,
come on, stick around and we'll just celebrate the end of a perfect day.

Donna: Hmm?
Yes.

Lisa: Mac and
Rachel are giving the reception?

Felicia: Yes.
Mac insisted on it, bless his heart.

Lisa: For
Nicole and Cass, too?

Felicia: Honey,
it's a double wedding. Remember?

Lisa: Why are
you letting them do this?

Felicia: I just
told you -- he insisted on it.

Lisa: Well, you
shouldn't have let him.

Felicia: Why?
I'm very pleased by it. Mac and Rachel are dear friends and they have a gorgeous
house and, well, it's so spacious. Besides, they really want to have the
reception.

Jake: Oh, a
week, maybe 10 days. It depends if I work 12 hours a day or not.

Lisa: Oh,
aren't you and Marley going to Nicole’s wedding?

Jake: Well,
Marley might go, but I have a date with my camera. I haven't had much of a
social life since this documentary started anyway.

Lisa: Oh. The
reception's going to be at the Cory mansion.

Jake: What, for
Nicole, too?

Lisa: For both
couples.

Jake: I'll pass
on that if you don't mind. Last thing I need to do is sit around and pretend
like I'm friends with that family. Jamie gets Vicky pregnant and the Cory’s
treat her like dirt. Forget about it.

Vivien: Just
sit down in here, will you, Mr. Frame?

Jason: Where is
Mac?

Vivien: I told
Hilda to let him know that you wanted to see him.

Jason: Thank
you.

Vivien: Which
Frame are you anyways?

Jason: What's
it to you?

Vivien: Well,
there was Willis, there was Janice, there was Corleen, who was married to Dr.
Russ Matthews.

Jason:
Sharlene, not Corleen.

Vivien: That's
closer than I usually get.

Jason: How well
did you know Janice?

Mac: That'll be
all, Vivien. I thought I made it clear to you I never want to see you again.

Jason: Well,
you're going to have to suffer through it, Mac.

Mac: Oh, no,
not necessarily.

Jason: I won't
have your wife destroying Frame Construction, not when we're just getting it on
its feet.

Mac: I have no
idea what you're talking about, Jason.

Jason: Well,
I'll fill you in. She went to the hospice board. She talked them into canceling
our contract.

Mac: And that
surprises you after what you've put us through in that Marsten affair?

Jason: Yeah,
well, she can play dirty, I can play dirtier, and now I got the ammunition to do
it with.

Mac:
"Ammunition"? What is that supposed to mean?

Jason: To use
against her if I choose to.

Mac: And
knowing you, I'm sure you'll choose to.

Jason: Only if
she forces my hand, Mac.

Mac: Suppose
you tell me what this so-called ammunition is.

Jason: After
all these years, I finally found out who was responsible, the man who was
responsible for Janice’s death, and it's your stepson's father, Mac.

Mac: So why
come to me about Mitch?

Jason: So you
can get Rachel to lay off me and my company, or I expose her for what she's been
trying to hide all these years.

Mac: All right,
Jason. You want to deal in threats? You drop whatever it is you have in mind or
I'll certainly see to it that you rot in jail for what you did to me, and
helping Marsten fake his own murder. Decide, Jason. What means the most to you?

Matt: Josie, I
am not going back in there.

Josie: Matthew
--

Matt: Jason
could be around somewhere.

Josie: Well,
his car isn't anywhere around.

Matt: Yeah,
well, he could come back.

Josie: This
isn't your fight. I mean, you don't have to be involved.

Matt: What, do
you expect me to pretend I don't know what's going on between him and my father?

Josie: Mama, is
Jason coming back anytime soon?

Sharlene: Well,
I don't know, honey. Come on in. Where have you been?

Josie: Oh, well
--

Sharlene: Come
on.

Josie: We went
to the movies, and then we went for a walk. It's such a beautiful night.

Matt: I can't
stay.

Josie: Yes, you
can. Please, just for a little while.

Sharlene: Come
on, how about a piece of pumpkin pie?

Matt: No,
that's all right. I'm not hungry.

Sharlene: That
doesn't sound like the Matt we know.

Matt: Really, I
should go.

Sharlene: Matt,
I think you should talk to your father.

Matt: I don't
think so.

Sharlene: He
really wants to talk to you.

Matt: Well, I
don't need to talk to him. In fact, I don't care if I ever see him again.

Mac: Darling, I
don't know why you're making such a big fuss. We've given bigger parties for
less important occasions, you know.

Rachel: Mac, we
have so little time to put together a whole reception.

Vivien: Don't
worry yourself, Mrs. Cory. I'm used to supervising bigger parties than this for
Mrs. Wheeler on shorter notice.

Mac: Really?

Vivien: Oh,
yeah. Mrs. Wheeler thought nothing of inviting 100, 200, even more. She was
quite a party giver.

Mac: Hmm.

Rachel: Well,
we need caterers, florists, musicians.

Vivien: I know
somebody who can play the tuba.

[Doorbell
rings]

Vivien: Would
you wish me to answer that, Mr. Cory?

Mac: It would
be a great help, Vivien, if you don't mind.

Rachel: We have
to get a guest list from Felicia. I don't even know how many people she's
invited to this wedding.

Mac: Darling,
I'm sure she's got everything very well organized.

Vivien: Mr.
Mitch Blake asks to see you.

Rachel: Send
him in.

Mac: Hello,
Mitch.

Mitch: I just
had a run-in with Jason Frame. I think he has some sort of scheme afoot. He's
putting together the pieces about Janice’s death.

Mac: He was
already here.

Rachel: He was?

Mac: I haven't
had a chance to tell you about it, darling.

Mitch: Well,
he's talking about revenge and he sounds like he means it.

Rachel: That's
why he came back to Bay City -- not just to take over Frame Construction.

Mitch: I don't
know, but he certainly seems to have his mind set on revenge because of what
happened to his sister.

Sharlene: He's
your father, Matt.

Matt: Yeah,
well, I wish he weren’t.

Sharlene: You
don't mean that.

Matt: Mrs.
Watts, I don't mean to be rude, but can we just drop it, please?

Josie: Matthew,
he loves you so much.

Matt: I don't
care! I just want to forget about him.

[Knock on door]

Sharlene:
Felicia.

Felicia:
Sharlene. Hi.

Sharlene: Hey.

Felicia: This
isn't a bad time, is it?

Sharlene: No,
no.

Felicia:
Listen, I heard all about your wonderful canned fruits and preserves and I was
wondering if maybe we could do a little business together.

Sharlene: That
would be wonderful.

Felicia: Ok.
The chef at Tops said it was fine, all I had to do is put in an order.

Sharlene: Oh,
yeah -- any time.

Felicia: Great.

Sharlene: But I
have a feeling that that is not why you came out here.

Felicia: Well,
not entirely. I would -- I would like to talk to Matt.

Matt: There's
nothing to say.

Felicia:
Matthew. Your father and I -- we'd be so disappointed if you didn't come to the
wedding. Honey, I know that this is a difficult time for you and Mitch. But
please remember, he loves you very much, and it would mean so much to him if you
could just come --

Matt: Just
don't push me.

Felicia: Honey,
I'm not pushing.

Matt: I don't
want to talk about it!

Felicia:
Matthew -- now, listen to me. This is not a stranger we're talking about here.
This is your father, and he loves you deeply. Now, listen. Honey, please. Just
don't hurt him.

Matt: Yeah,
well, he hurt me.

Felicia: But he
didn't mean to.

Matt: Well,
that doesn't change anything.

Felicia: He
would do anything, anything at all to make this up to you.

Matt: You know
what he can do? He can stay the hell out of my life!

Josie: Matthew!

Sharlene: Oh,
Felicia, I'm sorry.

Felicia: He's
-- he's so much like his father. He has all that anger in him.

Sharlene: Is
Mitch that stubborn?

Felicia: Yeah,
sometimes. But he usually comes around eventually. I just hope that Matthew
will, too.

[Doorbell
rings]

Michael: John.
Hey, come on in.

John: Hey,
Mike.

Michael: Mary
said you'd be back. You hungry? You want something to drink?

John: No, no,
no, thanks.

Michael: Mary
said that you were a little upset?

John: Me? No,
no. I'm ok, nothing to be concerned about.

Michael: Good.
Well, then, there's something I'd like to talk to you about.

John: What's
that?

Michael: Well,
I hear that your business is not doing too well.

John: That's an
understatement.

Michael:
Really? You got nothing going on at all?

John: The only
thing I'm doing is building a greenhouse for Sharlene, but even she can't afford
to pay me until her produce business starts to show a return. And as awkward as
it's going to be, I've got to go and lay off my entire crew.

Michael: I
don't think you should do that.

John: Mike, I
don't have a choice.

Michael: Well,
yeah, you do, because I'd like to offer you a contract.

John: A
contract? What are you talking about?

Michael: Donna
and I are going to build a 7,000- or 8,000-foot house.

John: Oh -- you
never said anything about that.

Michael: Well,
we just decided to do it, but we got to build a house big enough for Mikey, you
know, and with a playground and a yard and a pool and all that stuff. How about
it? Are you interested? We'd like you to build it.

John:
Interested? I think you've just saved me and Jason from bankruptcy. Yeah. It
sounds great.

Michael: Great.

Donna: I can't
believe that.

Michael: What?

Donna: I mean,
you are still partners with Jason, right?

John: Yeah, of
course I am.

Donna: Michael,
then how could you even consider it?

Michael: John's
my brother. I want my brother to build my house.

Donna: And I
don't want Jason Frame to have anything to do with it.

John: Whoa,
whoa. Wait a minute, Donna. I don't know what this is all about, but I'm not
about to abandon Jason just because you don't like him.

Donna: Well, he
would certainly abandon you if it were to his advantage.

John: I have to
go by my own code, not his or yours or anyone else’s. Excuse me.

Donna: I know.
I'm sorry, Michael. I'm sorry.

Michael: It's
all right. I got an idea.

Donna: Well,
what? Where are you going?

Michael: I'm
going out, but I'll be back.

Josie: You want
to talk?

Matt: I don't
want to talk about it. We've talked about it. It doesn't do any good. This whole
situation stinks.

Josie: So,
can't really do anything about it except get angry.

Matt: Yeah, I
can get angry. But not at you. If it wasn't for you --

Josie: What?

Matt: You're
the only person I can talk to, even with this whole thing going on with my
father. Damn it. I hate calling him that! He's not my father!

Josie: Yes, he
is, Matt. You can't stop denying that.

Matt: You don't
understand. He lied to me all my whole life!

Josie: No, no,
he didn't lie to you. He just didn't want to tell you things that might hurt
you. You've got to know that.

Matt: He used
me. My mom used me. Mac used me. Mac knew the truth.

Josie: Mac
raised you like you were his own son.

Matt: I don't
know. Nothing makes sense anymore. Everything I do is wrong, even that thing
with Mikey.

Josie: Mikey?
What does Mikey have to do with this?

Matt: I trusted
Chris. Everyone I trust, it somehow comes back in my face. I let Mikey go away
with that woman. I saw them take hands and I just let them walk.

Josie: You had
no way of knowing.

Matt: That
doesn't matter. I should have known it. How could I have been so stupid?